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Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Carin-Isabel Knoop
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:15
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Abstract

Teaching Note for HBS No. 316-154.

Keywords

On-demand Economy; Sharing Economy; Technology Startup; Technology; Growth Strategy; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategic Planning; Service Industry; United States; Boston; Cambridge; New York (city, NY); California

Citation

Fuller, Joseph B., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 317-099, March 2017.
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